Mak's here

Hello people!

yeah.. another week gone, and that means another week of survival... whoa.. 2 weeks into my basic phase, and i feel "Garang" already! haha.. this despite the week had been quite slack and un-eventful... quite sad ar, coz i quite miss the "Siong-ness" of ADA wing.. the reason for a slack week was due to RASF anniversary on the 1st Sept.. alot of instructors were involved in the parade and everything, so that means a lot of lecture time became self-study time (which equals to either canteen break or library nap), and a few pull-up regimes and endurance runs were cancelled due to bad weather.. tsk tsk.. hahaha.. but that also means "sai gang" for us, coz we had to set up the parade at Tengah Air Base, and clean up the place after that..

Visiting an Air Base always make me feel alot.. it just gets me very "emotional".. being able to enter a top security place makes me feel very "wow, im in!" haha.. then you get to see all the real fighter jets, transport planes, helicopters, see then take off and land just 150m in front of you.. that is so damn COOL! then it makes me think back of the days when i truly madly deeply wanted to be a pilot.. see myself in the pilot suit, a helmet tucked under my left arm as i walked across the taxi-way with my co-pilot, the sun all bright and warm with a small light breeze drifting across my F-16.. WHOA! but then i get reminded that i have "FISHING" failed my pilot medical.. and i will never ever get to fly in military, i guess.. hmmm... commercial? im still thinking about it, but... well... lets just think about it first.. military flying is not, and will never be, the same as commercial flying...

talking about the chalet.. whoa.. shiyin, after that incident, you make me think twice about drinking also.. haha.. somehow, that made me set a limit on myself.. hard liquor or very very alcholic drinks are gonna be a big NO-NO for me, unless its big occasion.. and im not gonna drink more than 2 glass ar... tell you what, stay to beer.. hahaha! its cheaper, safer (alcohol content only 3 - 5 %), healthier (its made by fermenting wheat, beans etc. which means its technically like the soup of a steamboat - you drink the "Jing Hua" of healthy and natural plants) and definitely a lot more good for your body coz the right way of drinking should not allow any mixing it with other stuff.. hahaha.. so, ladies n gentlemen, drink when you ARE happy, and drink to BE happy.. and drink HEINEKEN.. hahaha!

after the chalet, i went to do some reading on drinking and dead drunk.. i realise that drinking can be fatal! (damn, i got scared for a while when i was reading it then) the reason why shiyin was crying in the middle of the night (plus the fact that the crying was on and off, and sounded non-human) was probably because the brain has lost control of that area.. i don't know what, but im guessing it could be the "emotions" part of her brain.. then the article gave a food for thought.. imagine if you got so bloody dead drunk, that your brain got so numbed that it decided to shut down the part that controls life in your body... check this out, its okay if drinking blurs your vision, slurrs your speech or makes you puke like Merlion, because once the alcohol gets expelled, you are back to normal.. but if, your brain gives up asking you to breathe, stops asking your heart to pump, you can't say go to sleep for a few hours and i will be fine when i wake up..

so, for your own sake, everybody, drink when you ARE happy, drink to BE happy.. because when you do that, you will never go dead drunk..

and when you do get dead drunk, do make sure you are with trusty friends ar.. people like Den.. hahahaha! whoa.. never seen Den so got initiative before leh.. but he garang until i wanted to punch him that night.. hahaha, but at least what he did helped shiyin, and thats worth the respect.. haha, and i can't help but laugh when i recall how we both said things would be easier if its a guy that got drunk like that.. 2 tight slaps, drag to the toilet bowl, 2 tight slaps, make him puke, 2 tight slaps, spray water on him.. hahahaha..

and im glad that shiyin said shes gonna stop drinking.. haha.. not that im gonna do it, in fact, i just had a Heineken session with me daddy last night... but seriously, shiyin, i think girls shouldn't drink.. well, wait -- just in case Peggen come bite me and scream MCP in my face, let me just re-phrase that.. ermm.. shiyin, girls like you shouldn't drink.. maybe once a while, in a happy occasion, have some beer (like Heineken)... haha, miss peg can drink all she wants, coz i think she can have the sense to limit herself plus all the exposure while clubbing should already improved her alcohol tolerance..

and that chalet also made me realise something else.. some how, as we grow older, we have more problems.. each and everyone of us.. just in case u got me wrong, i din mean problems with each other or stuff like that... but its like suddenly everyone is loaded with problems of their own -- family lah, work lah, school lah, NS lah, money lah, relationships, friends, dreams unachieved... whoa.. gets me thinking, 2 years ago, i was dying to grow up, dying to me on my own, dying to be an adult.. now, im feeling the brunt of it.. damn, and i wonder why i wanted to grow up so quickly for? haha..

well guys, what to do? i guess problems are part of life.. go read the Emperor Moth's story.. haha.. the one where the guy helped the caterpillar cut the cocoon and in the end, brought more harm to the moth... i suggest listening to music, go wirte a diary, go play some games, go do some running, or simply give someone a call to talk... it really helps.. damn, i hate to say it, but at the chalet, during the Hoo Ke Chuan Zhang game, i realise how everyone aged... yeah, i said aged.. we are getting old, friends.. 1 quarter of our life is gone liao.. seems damn fast huh? haha..

but whatever it is, i think zhuo ren must be xiao sa, and must have yuan ze... na de qi fang de xia... haha.. den, understand or not? freak, don't give up the whole forest for one tree ar.. hahaha.. cool?

yeah.. book in soon.. damn..

pray for me, hope that i can survive another week in a piece..

hope that i can still type so long next week...

hope that Charmaine Sheh suddenly got my handphone number, then call me next weekend.. (don't ask her to call on weekdays, coz my handphone is off during training)

hope that by some weird earthquakes or geographical transformation, paya lebar will swap places with causeway point.. (coz that means i don't have to spend almost 2 hours going to AFS)

hope that somehow, the pay of an officer cadet will increase to 4 digits tomorrow...

hahaha.. and for your sake, and mine, hope that Heineken prospers and never will close down!

cheers!
mak